On 13 September 2001,
the following declaration was released by the Congregation for the Clergy.
It was signed by Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, congregation prefect,
and by Archbishop Csaba Ternyak, secretary.

"The Holy See has received several news reports concerning the
so-called Conference for Peace in the World, which is being planned for
Rome for October 7 to 13 and which has been organized by Fr. Nicholas
Gruner of Canada.

"The Congregation for the Clergy, upon the mandate from a higher
authority, wishes to state that Rev. Nicholas Gruner is under an 'a
divinis' suspension, which has been confirmed by a definitive sentence of
the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.

"The activities of Fr. Gruner, therefore, including the above-mentioned
conference, do not have the approval of legitimate ecclesiastical
authorities."